Woodworking-tool.



A. G. THOMAS. VWOODWOBKING TOOL. APPLICATION FILED-JULY 17, 1911.

Inventor Patented Jan. 28, 1913.-

Attorneys 1 Witnesses UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

ALEXANDER G. THOMAS, OF HOUSTON, MISSISSIPPI.

WOODWORKING-TOOL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 28, 1913.

Application filed July 17, 1911. Serial No. 638,946.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1,. ALEXANDER O. TrIoMAs,a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Houston, in the county of Chickasaw and State ofMississippi, have invented edge. r lVith the foregoing and other objectsin view which will appear as the description proceeds, the inventionresides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the detailsof construction hereinafter described andclaimed, changes in the preciseembodiment of the .invention herein disclosed can be made within thescope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of theinvention. a

In the accompanying drawings the preferred. form of the invention hasbeen shown.

v In said drawings z-Figure I is a perspective view of the tool. Fig. '2is a section on line A-B Fig. 1.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates asemi-elliptical blade the terminals of which are reduced to form stems2, these stems being preferably bent or folded to form elongated loops 3constituting eflicient handles. It is to be understood, however, thatwooden handles or any other'types of hanit being-understood that andparallel if preferred I dles may be secured to the stems 2. The

upper and lower faces of the blade l'are parallel and the lower portionof the lower blade is beveled to form the inner or cutting edge of theblade and both of said faces are inclined downwardly relative to theplane occupied by the outer edge of the blade. This will be clearlyapparent by referring to Fig. 2.

As/the blade has a cutting edge curved from end to end and lying in aplane parallel to that in which the stems or handlesv 2 are located, it,will be apparent that when the tool is placed upon stock to be shapedand is pulled toward the operator, the

curved edge willcut the stock so as to produce a rounded surfacethereon. When it is desired to sharpen the tool,

the cutting edge 4; thereof is placed fiat upon a sharpening stone andthe tool is then reciprocated upon the stone and all portions of thecutting edge will thus be simultaneously acted upon. It will thus beapparent that cutting edge 4 is always flush with the upper surface ofthe blade 1. What is claimed is:- A woodworking tool formed in a singlepiece of metal and including an arcuate blade, and handles extendingfrom the ends the upper and lower faces of of the blade, the blade beinginclined downwardly and inwardly from the blade and merging ting edgeextending to form an arcuate cutcontinuously from one end to the otherof the blade and having all points thereof located in a plane below withthe plane occupied by the handles. In testimony that I claim theforegoing as my own, I have hereto afiixed my signature in the presenceof two witnesses.

ALEXANDER C. THOMAS.

Witnesses .T. F. WILSON, W. H. CRANE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five .cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents, I

Washington, I G.

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